LOS ANGELES — A 19-year-old woman was arrested for vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving after her out-of-control black Mercedes-Benz struck and killed a man and a woman who had been sleeping on a Skid Row sidewalk today.

Carmen Elena Chavez of Los Angeles allegedly lost control of her 1989 Mercedes as she was making a right turn at an unsafe speed, according to Los Angeles police spokesman Officer Cleon Joseph.

Chavez was booked on two counts each of suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving, and was held in lieu of $100,000 bail, according to jail records.

The crash was reported about 12:05 a.m. near Crocker and Fourth streets, according to the LAPD.

The car "ran off the road, hit the building, went down the sidewalk and ran over two people sleeping on the sidewalk," said LAPD Sgt. Steve Bailey.

"Speed is definitely going to be a factor in this one, because from the time they hit the building until the car came to rest it covered 50 feet."

Chavez and another woman, and two men, got out of the car and ran, he said. One of the men and the two women later returned, and police took them all into custody for questioning.

Chavez was given a field sobriety test at the scene, which she reportedly failed, according to the LAPD.

Coroner's investigators were working to identify the two people killed, who were listed as a John and Jane Doe.